Sorry for late response...so im gonna get a new voltage meter since the one i used was fairly old and possibly giving a false reading...AO thread also suggested that i take a reading at the solenoid as well. Hopefully this will pinpoint the issue.

hmm... the only issue I had with mine was that the HES was always picking up the magnet, no matter how far back Jai adjusted it so it never reset. He ended up having to take a thin piece of plastic from some packaging and using it to push the HES away from the trigger.